Horse hay-rake



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HORSE HAY RAKE.

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HORSE HAY RAKE.

No. 377,108. Patented Jan. 31, 1888.

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THOMAS \V. GREENE, OF LANSING, MICHIGAN.

HORSE HAY-RAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 377,103, dated January 31, 1888.

Serial No. 226,366. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Tnoams W. GREENE, of Lansing, in the county of Inghain and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Horse Hay-Rakes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in horse hay-rakes; and the invention consists in the peculiar construetion, arrangement, and combination of parts, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 is a top plan of myimproved horse hay-rake. Fig. 2 is a side elevation with the wheels shown in dot-ted outline. Fig. 3 is a perspective View.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, A represents the axle which carries'the tractioirwheels B.

G are parallel bars, the rear ends of which are rigidly secured to the aXle,while their forward ends are secured to the cross-bar D, to which latter the thills E are rigidly secured. The cross-bar F of the thills, and to which the draft is applied in the usual manner, projects at each end somewhat beyond the sides of the thills, as shown.

G are curved draft rods or bars, which are pivotally secured by means of bolts to the ends of the cross-bar F of the thills, the lower ends of such draft-rods being pivotally secured by proper straps to the rake-head H (which latter carries the raketeeth I) in any manner that will permit the rake-head to turn in discharging or dumping load. To the rakehead are also similarly attached the side bars, J, of the tilting frame, which latter consists of said side bars, J, the rear ends of which are connected together by the girts or rods Z) c. To the lower ends of the side bars, J, are secured spring plates or dogs W, which are designed, in the operation of the device, to engage with pins (L, projecting from the rake-head, and are for the purpose of preventing the rake-head from making a retrograde movement or turning inthe wrong direction.

Hanging from the rod 1) of the tilting frame, and near each end thereof, are stops K, the free ends of which are provided with crossheads 7c, and which rest upon the rearwardlyprojecting teeth of the rake to prevent the rake from tripping, as hereinafter described. Bars L connect these stops K with the outer ends of the draft-rods G, said bars L being piv otally connected at each end.

M is a handle,the lower end of which is pivotally hung upon the cross rod 1) of the tilting frame, while its outer end is supported by means of a rod, (1, pendent from the upper rod, 0, of the tilting frame, as shown. This handle is so placed as to be within easy reach of the driver when seated upon the seat N, which latter may be centrally located or near one end of the machine, as may be desired. \Vhen the tilting frame is in its lowered position, the cross bars or rods 1) rest upon the parallel bars 0. From this construction it will be observed that as the tilting frame is raised ra dially by means of the handle M the stops K and bars L are radially raised with it. This necessarily compels the lower ends of the stops K to pass toward the rear of the machine and out of the path of the rake-teeth. Then the latter are turning to discharge aload, the forward ends of the rake-teeth are at the same time slightly depressed, so as to catch in the ground. This depressing of the raketeeth is caused by the ends of the dogs 7 coming in contact with the pins a of the rakehead as the tilting frame is raised, and thereby imparts to the rake-head its initial movementin the rotation that immediately follows as the machine is drawn forward.

0 is a saddle designed'to restandslide upon the center parallel bar, G,and has pivotally secured to it the leverl to the short arm of which is likewise pivotally secured the hook R. \Vhen it is desired to raise the rakehead from the ground, as in driving to or from the field,

T is a supplemental bar which is secured across the ends of the parallel bars 0 and the rear ends of the thills, above the bar D, and

to its outwardly-projecting ends standards V are secured, which prevent the draft-rods G from catching upon the ends of the cross-bar D of the frame as 'the bars G radially move in the operation of the machine.

What I claim as new is- V.

1. The combination of the rake-head H, the thills, crossbar F, connecting said thills, the curved draft-bars G, pivotally connecting said bar and rake-head, the tilting frame J, stops K, hanging from said tilting frame, and the bars L, pivotally connecting said stops and bars G with the supplemental bar T, guidestandards V, and handle M, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a horse hay-rake, the combination of the axle A, wheels 13, bars 0, cross-bar D,

thills E, cross-bar F, connecting the thills in THOMAS W. GREENE.

Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, E. SoULLY. 

